ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,355, issued on April 15, was assigned to Intellitec Products LLC (Deland, Fla.).

"Magnetically mountable user interface device and associated method of use" was invented by John Austin Ciambriello (Deland, Fla.) and Edward Alan Schiff (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetically mountable user interface device for use in various vehicles and vessels. The magnetically mountable user interface device includes a frame having magnetic properties to be secured to a surface of the vehicle/vessel, a touch surface having a back side and a front side, a printed circuit board mounted to the back side of the touch surface ...